Ed Miliband to ban tumble dryers.

@FreddieUK Considering all the other major headaches this country has, thanks to that unnecessary war in the Middle East, the threat of Putin, and high inflation. Another stupid burden is quite unnecessary at this time.

@peterlee Perhaps thinking about the long-term future of our climate could be considered to be equally necessary for government as looking at the immediate crises?
I don’t think it has to be either/or. I do accept that there is a view that the climate is not a major issue and is all made up, but I don’t subscribe to that.

@FreddieUK Building nuclear power stations! Wind turbines.

China is well ahead of us there, with solar power and wind.

We don’t have the infrastructure to go over to electric transport even.

Also we can make moral choices. We don’t need Ed’s latest whim.

@peterlee Around 83% of electricity to the National Grid yesterday was generated by a combination of solar and wind. Just 4% from gas. The only limit on these superb sources of energy is climate "scepticism".

@peterlee All political actions are fundamentally about what individuals in government believe. Politics is essentially about how we organise the economy and it's good that we can make a choice between differing ideologies (up to a point) now and again. A 'whim' for one person is a 'considered opinion' to someone else, depending on personal ideology.